late 2020s

Parade training base outside of Beijing

UK’S PIONEERING COMBAT AIR FLYING DEMONSTRATOR REVEALED Industry partners, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and MBDA UK, together with the Ministry of Defence, have revealed the design of the UK’s flagship Combat Air Flying Demonstrator, as the aircraft reaches a major milestone, with two thirds of its...

https://www.wired.com/story/europe-prepares-for-the-space-race-with-a-new-legal-and-financial-framework/

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/06/armys-not-sure-what-its-new-executive-innovation-corps-will-actually-do/406325/

Yet another new round of turf battles is commencing, it would seem. EDIT: Or perhaps I should have said full-fledged turf wars.

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/1llmzcb/russian_vikhr_whirlwind_unmanned_ground_combat/ Basically a UGV based on the BMP-3. The name will inevitably invite confusion with the AT-16 Scallion ATGM.

Hello all, I was working a time ago on a design book for planes, I always loved drawing planes. And I like the lines on stealth aircraft. So I was wondering if anybody knows all the rules for designing a stealth aircraft? This forum is a great resource for finding out about a lot of the...

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/cae-looks-to-rebuild-aerodrome-of-democracy-in-canada/163426.article

Since the Global Military Spending thread is currently locked for some reason, I'll put this here for now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/12/france-blocking-britain-from-eu-massive-defence-fund/ So much for the reset...

Trying to ignore any political aspects, this could have some serious implications for the US Military (and their allies): https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhartung/2025/05/31/pouring-funds-into-untested-weapons-is-a-recipe-for-failure/?ss=aerospace-defense...

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2057222/falkland-islands-fishing-row-argentina

View: https://youtu.be/zf9dC2QV0ng https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/05/hd-hhi-and-sima-peru-ink-agreement-to-jointly-develop-submarine/

I just read the "top level budget proposal" linked here: https://spacenews.com/white-house-budget-proposal-would-phase-out-sls-and-orion-scale-back-iss-operations/ (it was suggested by Flyaway in post #98 of the thread White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent). In the...

Dassault Aviation expresses willingness to commit to a Space Plane project, meeting AdlAE recent new long term perspectives: (Link in Fr - You might want tuse an auto-translator)...

https://www.twz.com/air/chinas-kj-700-airborne-early-warning-plane-seen-in-new-detail

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-computer-human-brain-cells-cortical-labs-cl1-b2709866.html Interesting to say the least. Regards,

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/defense-security/20250330-246049/

This topic is for discussion of the expected announcement of a contract award for the US Navy F/A-XX and will be renamed once the chosen contractor is Northrop Grumman named.

As it becomes clear that Europe and Canada will need to take on the running of NATO's main command on the continent, it will be necessary to find a significant figure who can deal effectively with the military and political challenges ahead as SACEUR. As the principal military power in Europe...

https://eurospace.org/7026-2/